Connections UnitingCare is seeking more volunteers to assist socially isolated families in the local community, through our Home-Start program which offers support to parents with children under the age of eight.

On behalf of everyone at Connections UnitingCare, we would like to say a big THANK YOU to those who supported our 2016 Christmas Food & Gift Appeal. Together, we were able to provide a much brighter Christmas for over 450 families.

With the generosity of the many schools, churches, individuals and organisations including Target stores and their customers who support our appeal

For many of us, Christmas is a time of celebration – spending time with our loved ones, sharing gifts and enjoying a Christmas lunch. Our day is filled with love and laughter, surrounded by friends and family while our children open their gifts, longing for that special toy they asked Santa for.

For Emily, Christmas has always been a special time of year. Growing up she remembers her family’s big white Christmas tree surrounded by gifts.

A national forum of 40 frontline UnitingCare service providers held in Sydney on 27 October 2016, has committed to developing a national action plan to work with government to address housing and homelessness in Australia.

“Every day our frontline community services across the country despair at the number of people living in Australia without the fundamental human ne

A New South Wales, Griffith secondary school has today been announced as the recipient of the 2016 Connections UnitingCare Anti-Poverty School Award for the student’s work in the local community and will receive a grant of $2500.

Under the guidance of Pastoral Care Worker, Sue Hone, Marian Catholic College’s Community Action Team is a student-led group who work together to r

Marcus Crook, 29, has been announced as the recipient of the 2016 Connections UnitingCare Anti-Poverty Award for his work with Melbourne’s homeless community, and for his efforts is the recipient of a $4000 grant.

The Anti-Poverty Awards recognise the many young people passionately working towards tackling inequality and injustice within Australia or abroad.

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Connections has zero tolerance towards child abuse and is committed to establishing and maintaining child safe and child friendly environments.

We are committed to inclusive practices and welcome people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community. We support the rights of our LGBTI clients to live free of prejudice and discrimination.

We acknowledge that we meet and work on land for which people of the Kulin Nations are the traditional owners and custodians. We remember and pay our respects to ancestors and warriors past and present.